so tell time i'm boss of the party hotel full points and i would prince hotel the splendid hotel in touch with the hotel and touch a room the photo a kooragang international house flood to change every little hotel. on our t.v. breaking news a frantic search for survivors is a pleasure cruise along the river volga sinks with nearly two hundred on board in russia's republic of. the base sank in just three minutes leading days on very little time to react with a hundred still missing many of them children will be bringing you the latest developments on that story. telling top stories that made the headlines for us in the week a spy hunting georgia as it charges high profile photographers with snooping for moscow but skeptics say it's an anti russian image produced by president

saakashvili. it's demo deja vu for angry gyptian says they returned to tahrir square to vent against the interim leaders who they say stole revolution. and behold the front page britain's best selling newspaper rolls out for the very last time as rupert murdoch sacrifices the title while phone hacking claims a reporter arrests intensify. for good morning from moscow is what i am here now you're watching r t with me kevin zero in on the main story tragedy in central russia has more than one hundred people who are on a river cruise a fear. of a vulgar and to understand the south and with nearly two hundred people on board including many children some of those who were rescued and taken to a nearby ship have reached clearly distressed of course of their meal served first

is following developments for the latest there what are the chances now as the hours tick on a finding people alive not good i guess. but there's every hour that rescue operation past is the. becoming more and more quickly trying to locate the. hundred people over a hundred people that still remain missing in these waters in the volga river i know we've heard confirmation that another person has died amongst the seventy seven people that look who from the water study that death toll rising to teach people now and still not able to locate the rest of the people that went down with that but we heard it went on extremely quickly a very small window of time for people to react we've heard that they were only able to get around three lifeguards into the water and that many people this things work has to be caught unawares now amongst these homeboys a number of children up to a third possibly in children and in no way this is

a lot of days around thirty we counted in one of the rooms own the day for games events that is extremely likely that they too would have been amongst the people caught unaware that we've had with the rescue operation of the divers have managed to locate the base itself and that is tilted to the right say at the moment we're looking at whether they're actually going to be diving in stiff any of the passengers who actually shot in the data itself but as he said as time goes on is becoming more and more anxious for the friends and family they just put the information now we have had the seventy seven people who from the water they've been taken to which is the original destination of the sign when we can hear from one of the survivors of the scene incredibly caring experience to them about what happens. after the. past without stopping we shouldn't have to go with you just passed us by just one ship strong. you know.

quite hard to establish the figures that have been coming out from the since in the numbers fluctuate in quite a lot we do know it is around one hundred eighty people the nuns from the emergencies ministry around a hundred eighty eight on the boats biggest as the. let's be absolutely confirmed as he says it's like a one hundred people still in the forces the full great great self an incredibly popular tourist areas for people to travel nice type of place this is a two day trip from the town of boulder. i was going there and back when it thank you schools around fifty miles from those some people helping perhaps some of these people ledges up in the woods a kid of hot sun to show us something nearby islands that we have heard that the currents are extremely strong and that was the stormy conditions today a local correspondents being on the stage to give us more information. the rescue mission is underway and will continue throughout the night. people have been able

to. make in the search mission increasingly difficult because people may have been swept several kilometers away. does the rescue operation continues into the night to try and make a case people find out exactly what happened questions of course now being asked about exactly how this was able to happen if there's anyone he should be held accountable and so the question itself is one of the world those waters for many years isn't it we hear any clues about what went so badly wrong. with the numbers opinions about what could have contributed to the event that we know is the ship itself the bulk area was fifty five years old and there's been some commentators it is that perhaps the ational say the design of the latest health care has contributed i left a honorable to a situation like this happened a i know it will certainly have from one of the

eyewitnesses yes they can about the possible to the possible accountability of the captain and the clay themselves they said that when they came into trouble that perhaps the way that the captain the storm day contributed to the fake going down say quickly said level thirty something a little below ten say we. president the data saying that an investigation of law and the emergencies ministry is does that others that a department to do with that now the plates operated picked up we can hear from them in a second but we have heard that the basis with the capacity to date is eight hundred forty people the high capacity full as we've heard is sort of one hundred eighty eight passengers on board so that's certainly something that's going to be that's out. right now that'll sank into two minutes the crew that was working in timely notice water coming in through the region was a tragic case when john quickly we were surveying the area where the crews are sank

couldn't find any survivors it was only it will have to see i like to say that over . and should have been properly maintained. now the boat is self was actually very very recently checked haven given the go ahead to be able to stay on the water so that they get is going to be something that's going to need to give first aid to a large number of the passengers on board as he said with a one hundred still missing children. of course people are going to be extremely angry about this and wanting answers as to how the day was able to come into these difficulties and such things they quickly just under three minutes for these people to react. to geisha and goes on of course are those with the family and friends of days that are still missing as the rescue operation goes into that i crossed terrible time for them sara first to bring you something you know just reminding our viewers as well of course online as well that. in

georgia three high profile photographers have been charged with spying for more scope tblisi claims it has video confessions proving their gildas skeptics say because. school political points. reports nixon was being seen as the russian white. georgia is on a spy role and not for the first time this time the spotlight in shined on those usually behind the camera for photographers were arrested on thursday on suspicion of spying who was there suppose it must but first georgian authorities didn't say who they thought the alleged spies were working for but a day later they did russia in turn moscow has accused georgia of paranoia the georgians are so quick to stake a spy label on to anyone they guess is just a level of democracy and that has been noticed not just by russia but their various key international organizations like the un one of the photographers was released

without charge the other three were charged with espionage and will remain in pretrial custody for two months one of them has gone on hunger strike in protest. however georgian president mikheil saakashvili is personal photographer has reportedly made a video confession admitting to spying for russian opposition figures are skeptical he worked there i repeat no i don't really think that actually why few and they haven't read a small child enjoyed your time to time were repeating and go back and preach and go for no real go out and we never saw any kind of real human patients that government thank goodness this isn't the first time this has happened last year thirteen people were arrested and accused of being on russia's payroll earlier this week nine of them received sentences of up to fourteen years in prison for the georgian government this is a matter of national security but others in georgia are very critical of what they

see as particularly ruthless political calculation. or are certainly the rest of you are always very. small words because it. really isn't a russian who's never criticize or who used the word slightly while i was there. is completely must know deal with the most serious of on occasions spying it has a neighbor with its relations are at rock bottom and it has some men in jail but many are questioning whether this is really about justice or about politics from boston. egypt's prime minister's vying to sack any member of the security forces accused of killing protesters during the uprising that toppled former president hosni mubarak a statement comes after thousands of egyptians turned out for the biggest rally in months angered over the slow pace of prosecuting officials and reforms the people

say they'll keep fighting until they see change that he's innocent now a report. egypt's uprising might have ousted president mubarak but to them he's far from gone thousands of people out here on top here they all see different visions of egypt but they join together because the people we've spoken to feel like their revolution has been still there we go through the more so the more boxes that people should just live on when the taste of freedom was short lived in military use and full power mass media is being choked in a fashion still rampant worse than i think they werent catching activists as much as they are doing now and take them to a prison i guess now they're being reviled they want to kill the solution to this tool that in the first place he's known simply as uncle posting here in egypt a social network or with

a twitter army of some thirty thousand followers the military throws of civilians have to stop immediately immediately this is you know one of the major demands we're putting forward one of many demands including transparent trials for the fallen regime and the purging of corrupt officials they got rid of mubarak you know their high ranking officials but now egypt be the same way it was before january sort of that little faces a little more barak some remain american rather is what you're seeing them are running the country people like myself have been arguing for thinking about how are you to the factories they can hire you to the universities to the world places meaning that in every single word police we have in egypt but is amenable you know what it was never interested in politics until january she was shot with twenty three pellets by riot police twenty of which are still in her like the pain is finally gone but her perseverance is not the barrier of fear is

gone and she will continue to fight to the end. every every egyptian citizen to be treated as a human being every pro chance to has their own vision of the egypt they're fighting for some want a constitution and then free elections others think the new laws should follow their vote but one thing that brings them all together is that this egypt is not here. and he's in no way r t. coming up in the program tsunami scare a powerful earthquake hits japan prompting fears of another tsunami bringing a frightening reminder to the people still healing from the disaster in march. rebels in libya they were battling past government forces on the road to tripoli very moving towards the key town of litter and after a six week long impasse but the capital still remains over one hundred fifty kilometers away the rebels say their progress has been slow because of

a lack of ammunition and nato support given suggestions indeed of the alliance is running low on arms itself a disaster germany from missions reports now on girl in surprise turn after opposing the mission from the outset. more bombs wanted just over one hundred days of airstrikes and with just over two thousand bombs dropped by nato allies on libya the mission has run into an unexpected problem a lack of cells to drop where there is demand there is surprise and this case germany has agreed to provide the much needed ammunition previously berlin has abstained from voting in favor of the u.n. security council resolution on libya a move that surprised some and angered others but it may now be backing out of its decision the germans may not want to participate but they have decided that the position does not preclude them actually subsequent weapons in this case or assistance some believe germany is under pressure from other nato members

particularly the united states france and the u.k. to take a more active part. in a libyan campaign at first. you know ministries so the foreign affairs minister don't go into libya it's a very bad conflict it was started by the cia and it's a dirty business don't go there so this is why you voted with russia and china now the backlash from washington is so tough obviously we are under pressure to do something to make up for this decision aside from peer pressure germany may be alerted by the possible financial benefits of making its weapons available for natives use in libya probably germany will get paid for delivering these arms to other countries but that is normal practice between currently between nato countries. out of the twenty eight nato members only eight are actively participating in libya with civilian deaths to which nato recently admitted to

a shortage of weapons and the ever relentless more market duffy's still at the helm they call ition maybe facing just beginning of its problems. berlin is in a tough spot on the one hand it has disappointed nato by refusing to support the mission only being march on the other by agreeing to supply bonds it may now lose friends in other high places and whatever the real reasons for its contradictory policy may be germany could find that by trying to please everyone it may end up pleasing no one even goes corti. political blogger rick ross of believe the humanitarian mission was never mater's agenda in the region in the first place. thirty thousand leader way or missions over a country of six and i have no use the phone calling would need or itself acknowledges this five thousand combat missions if it's not war. you know this is not simply a question of your fraternity would be and civilians from government violence and

so forth this is a concerted long term military action may go it's the world's only military or it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now there is in afghanistan and libya i think you know we did this for you with your reminder of points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the true nature of the american army really organization. i'll tell you our main news tonight the tragedy in central russia a pleasure cruise this sank with almost two hundred on board in the revolver in tatarstan earlier more than one hundred people are still missing tonight rescuers are continuing to search the dark waters of the volga the vessel called the bulgaria reportedly sank within three minutes after getting into difficulty it was three kilometers from the shore when it went down it's thought to have been carrying people a weekend sightseeing break some survivors were picked up and they've been taken to for treatment i witness is say a storm could have been to blame for the same thing other suggests the failure of the boat engines although that's not been confirmed. other top stories tonight

britain's scandal plagued news of the world has rolled off the presses for the very last time in its final edition was apologetic but defiant after very hastily closed down by rupert murdoch this week the embattled media mogul flew to london to take charge of the crisis personally which engulfed the paper and its parent company news international and claimed journalists hacked the phones of murder victims and dead soldiers families police made a number of arrests on friday including a former editor of the paper which actually served as well as the u.k. prime minister's press chief media analyst still respect to us he says rupert murdoch's now lost his long standing immunity among britain's political elite. i think something changed this week you know for. decades british prime ministers have been on their knees to the to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime ministership you know they won it and then

you find in the next day you find that prime minister reading the sun looking like an idiot saying well the sun got me elected i mean so you've got this meaning of democracy is that missing of him ocracy really which the murdoch press was at the bottom but i think it was after a silence as well because important people needed the murdoch press and they couldn't be they couldn't attack it because of that and i think a line was crossed rupert murdoch has a very finely tuned business brain he has a lot of things going on now one of them is to purchase the largest satellite network in britain called the sky b. and that decision is about to be approved by the government that was in jeopardy i think he felt that as a businessman he had to sacrifice the news of the world because it in terms of the whole news international it's a tiny part of or about the political caste who'd been sucking up to rupert murdoch for so many years including prime minister david cameron he now has to stand back and say no i can't do it anymore it's going to be bad. it will use of the weakest

second powerful earthquake in japan prompting fears of another tsunami much of the country lay in ruins after march is quite destroyed whole towns have killed more than fourteen thousand people for months on reconstruction still underway but the people will take longer to repair of course sean thomas reports. thanks as the waves crash against it damage to sea wall on the japanese coast volunteers work tirelessly to clean up the debris and bring some sense of normalcy back to the area you know i want to tell people we need more help more supplies and things are still part here beyond the physical destruction of there is a distressing psychological factor as well as city of the walking is right on the edge of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone for radiation contamination and fact in a recent study by japan's nuclear safety commission forty five percent of one thousand children tested in any walk in to me bring cities have tested positive for thyroid radiation exposure

a figure that has parents polled. well the government has researched the great service safety and are not concerned with the consequences their reaction is only to help the governments they face that they don't actually take care of the damage and the people here. first there was the earthquake and then the devastating away which rushed in and destroyed in this part of the coastal city of iraq you also there are the nuclear radiation waves that are coming into this area as well the volunteers that are coming in to rebuild this city certainly have their work cut out for them but just like the city itself the people who live here the community they need to have their spirits rebuilt as well but that. again been an effort to keep the community emotionally strong organizers have brought this acting troupe in from tokyo they say their goal is to provide something that beyond a simple intertainment for people who are there where a certain japanese pride and in this destructive situation i would like to bring

good things and present the spirit of japan and japanese pride by bringing people together and making people smile through that shared community experience that there is a sense of hope that the city of the walky can indeed recover it's going to be pretty close to the city hall but if you see anything like this coming. and with an understanding that there is still much more work that needs to be done the people here are working to keep their community together. i just want them to stay where they want. and if i can be helpful that i keep doing it. rebuilding the city one step at a time any walkies city japan sean thomas or t. . it defies broken out of a nursing home for the elderly in northwest ukraine it killed sixteen people by a cruise battled the flame for five hours and managed to rescue eleven from the blaze victims were then treated in hospital for carbon dioxide poisoning prevented

a great condition if arkansas best again because of the reports suggest it was not stopping the liberty. turkmenistan's governments admitted that a series of explosions that shook the city of our blood down occurred at a munitions depo the blast happened on thursday and killed fifteen according to official reports now initially there were thirty two said it was an incident at a fireworks factory and there were no casualties but that contradicted eyewitness pictures and reports that around two hundred were killed and scores injured it's understood that the officials responsible for giving out false information of being sag turkmenistan's along with a very secretive state even the internet was banned until recently repair works are underway in the stricken town where the victims have been promised government they . will be brief tonight there's been violence in bangladesh over a change to the constitution to make a predominantly muslim region more secular and police used tear gas to disperse angry islamist protestors at least fifty of thought to be although islam remains

the official religion the government's with a clause stating quote absolute faith and trust in our. the us has announced it's pulling the plug on almost eight hundred million dollars of military aid to pakistan relations between the two countries have been strained since of some of the killing in may the white house called pakistan an important ally in the war on terror but added that the relationship must be worked on over time. the main news this hour the tragedy in central russia a pleasure cruiser sank earlier almost two hundred people on board it sank a revolver in tartus style let's get the latest now correspondent is in the republic's capital. a very good evening should give us an idea of what's happening there around you know what are officials and rescue teams telling. hello there kevin yes from here from cousin stanley aware the ship sank the moment a large rescue operation is currently underway and those rescue teams have been at

it now for some hours and they'll be after so many more at the moment the figures stand roughly like this there were approximately one hundred eighty two hundred or one hundred seventy nine people on board it's difficult for me to work out exactly how many of the moment because full lists of passengers are not currently available to people unfortunately die over a hundred are still missing and that's the kind of thing that they're looking for they go. diving and they're trying to find out where those people are. still alive that moment the ship happens or has also been found it's on the bottom of the river about three kilometers from the bank it has the bulgaria is in a ship's name it has sunk thoughts and then slightly to the right and divers are now trying to search that ship to try and find any bodies then to try and find out

what actually happened the ship was cleared to sail after the ship but always crucially by the ministry of transport on the sixteenth of june this year it was a check ship back in nineteen fifty five and they were sailing yesterday around two pm along the volga has them in rather profound patients not quite sure just how rough conditions are we're not quite sure exactly what went wrong the theories at the moment suppose for the emergency services other perhaps the ship was overloaded perhaps it was down to a crew error or perhaps there was some problem with the engines of the moment is going to require a lot more investigation to find out exactly what happened there yesterday afternoon. i meant the search is focusing on various the ships on the flanks but also on a number of small islands dotted around the center of the volga which is very wide at this point it's thought that people may have managed to escape to those islands

on a shelter in on them so the search is focusing on all dr area but people have so far been rescued they've been taken to local hospitals where psychologists are trying to help them with any trauma they may have experienced the moment that is the situation here near the site of the sinking of the folk area this search will continue for quite a while longer all right tom thank you for bringing us what you know are let you clean more information that places throughout the night this is our team from moscow has you can stay with us.

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